python-virtinst bug fix update

Details

An updated python-virtinst package that fixes a bug in the virt-clone tool, isnow available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

python-virtinst is a module that helps build and install libvirt based virtualmachines. virt-clone is a command line tool that clones existing virtual machineimages with the "libvirt" library.

* Previously, the virt-clone tool prevented cloning existing virtual machines toa block device. This was caused by a flawed validation check of the clonedestination that would exit the virt-clone tool with an error if the clonedestination file already existed. With this update, virt-clone skips this checkif the clone destination is a block device. (BZ#628458)

Users of python-virtinst, who clone virtual machines to a block device, areadvised to upgrade to this updated package, which resolves this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released erratarelevant to your system have been applied.